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Vorys announced that Ted Smith, a partner in the firm’s Columbus office, has been inducted into the American College of Real Estate Lawyers (ACREL).

Vorys announced that Jff Heller joined the firm as of counsel in the Houston office. Prior to joining Vorys, Heller served as the associate general counsel for labor and employment law as well as BP’s alternative energy businesses. He was an attorney at BP (and Amoco Corp.) for 28 years.

Lou Gentile, a principal with Vorys Advisors, was a guest on the March 31st edition of 10TV’s (WBNS) weekly political show Face the State. 

Vorys has been recognized as one of the top gay-friendly workplaces in central Ohio for the eleventh year in a row by the Human Rights Campaign (HRC).

Former Ohio State Senator Lou Gentile, a principal with Vorys Advisors, was a guest on WCMH-NCB4’s weekly political show, The Spectrum. 

Vorys is pleased to announce that Jacinto Núñez, a partner in the Vorys Akron office and a member of the finance, energy and real estate group, has been selected to be a member of the 2019 class of Fellows, and will participate in a landmark program created for mid-career attorneys by the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity (LCLD) to identify, train, and advance the next generation of leaders in the legal profession.

Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP today announced the launch of the firm’s first podcast “Vorys at Work.”

Jeff Smith and Nelson Cary, partners in the Vorys Columbus office, recently co-authored an article that was quoted in an American Banker story titled “Ripple Effect Feared as Fed Mulls Lifetime Bans of Two Bankers.”

Eve Stratton, of counsel in the Vorys Columbus office who prior to joining Vorys was a justice on the Supreme Court of Ohio, was quoted throughout a Springfield News Sun story titled led a titled, “Mental illness in Jail Costs us all: What’s Clark Co. Doing About it?”

Jackie Ford, a partner in the Vorys Houston office and member of the labor and employment group, was interviewed fror a story for WVTF titled “LG Fairfax Still on Leave as His Law Firm Investigates.”

Vorys announced that Mallory Duncan, former senior vice president and general counsel of The National Retail Federation (NRF), has joined the firm.

Jeff Smith, a partner in the Vorys Columbus office and a member of the corporate group, was quoted in a story titled “Will BB&T-SunTrust Start a De Novo Wave?” that was featured in American Banker.

Vorys is pleased to announce that Akilah Craig has been named a 2019 Texas Rising Star by Texas Super Lawyers magazine. Rising Stars were chosen by their peers as being among the most recognizable up-and-coming lawyers in Texas. Each year, the Rising Stars list recognizes 2.5 percent of attorneys with less than 10 years of legal experience in Texas.

Vorys announced that Emily Pan has become the vice managing partner of the firm’s Cincinnati office.

Tom Fusonie, partner in the Vorys Columbus office, was quoted in The Plain Dealer story about the constitutionality of the Lake Erie Bill of Rights.

Eve Stratton, of counsel in the Vorys Columbus office who prior to joining Vorys was a justice on the Supreme Court of Ohio, recently wrote an article for the Akron Beacon Journal titled, “Youth in Adult Prison, the ‘forgotten ones,’ Except in Ohio.”

The evening and the recognitions throughout it celebrate diversity and inclusion in hockey.

Steve Browning, the managing partner of the Vorys Houston office, was recently awarded the 2019 Lexology Client Choice Award for banking in Texas.